Another official from Boston City Hall resigned over the weekend, in the wake of an unfolding bribery scandal.Craig Galvin, a realtor who describes himself as a life-long resident of Dorchester, resigned from his seat on the city's Zoning Board of Appeals. A spokesperson for Mayor Marty Walsh's office said the mayor has accepted the resignation. The ZBA is a seven-member board tasked with reviewing development proposals that hears requests regarding zoning issues, such as conditional use permits and permission to expand or change approved uses. In the bribery case announced last month by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, a former city employee pleaded guilty to using his influence to get a member of the ZBA to vote in favor of extending a permit to allow a multi-unit development on a residential property.Walsh has hired the former head of the public corruption unit within the US attorney’s office in Boston, Brian Kelly, to conduct an independent review of the situation. He also hired Sullivan & Worcester LLP to conduct a “comprehensive review” of policies, including the rules and regulations for how the ZBA conducts business.“It continues to be a top priority to get to the bottom of what happened here," said a spokesperson for Walsh. "We anticipate having our questions answered through Attorney Brian Kelly’s review, and Mayor Walsh is taking the action needed until we know more."John Lynch, 66, agreed to plead guilty last month to federal charges that he accepted $50,000 in bribes in 2017 from a real estate developer, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Lynch was formerly the Director of Real Estate at the Economic Development Industrial Corporation, a division of the Boston Planning and Development Agency.“The developer agreed to pay $50,000 in cash bribes and a check to Lynch, in return for Lynch using his influence at the BPDA to secure a vote from a ZBA member,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office wrote in a statement.The terms of Lynch’s plea agreement call for federal prosecutors to recommend a sentence of 46 to 57 months’ imprisonment.

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Another official from Boston City Hall resigned over the weekend, in the wake of an unfolding bribery scandal.

Craig Galvin, a realtor who describes himself as a life-long resident of Dorchester, resigned from his seat on the city's Zoning Board of Appeals. A spokesperson for Mayor Marty Walsh's office said the mayor has accepted the resignation.

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The ZBA is a seven-member board tasked with reviewing development proposals that hears requests regarding zoning issues, such as conditional use permits and permission to expand or change approved uses. In the bribery case announced last month by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, a former city employee pleaded guilty to using his influence to get a member of the ZBA to vote in favor of extending a permit to allow a multi-unit development on a residential property.

Walsh has hired the former head of the public corruption unit within the US attorney’s office in Boston, Brian Kelly, to conduct an independent review of the situation. He also hired Sullivan & Worcester LLP to conduct a “comprehensive review” of policies, including the rules and regulations for how the ZBA conducts business.

“It continues to be a top priority to get to the bottom of what happened here," said a spokesperson for Walsh. "We anticipate having our questions answered through Attorney Brian Kelly’s review, and Mayor Walsh is taking the action needed until we know more."

John Lynch, 66, agreed to plead guilty last month to federal charges that he accepted $50,000 in bribes in 2017 from a real estate developer, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Lynch was formerly the Director of Real Estate at the Economic Development Industrial Corporation, a division of the Boston Planning and Development Agency.

“The developer agreed to pay $50,000 in cash bribes and a check to Lynch, in return for Lynch using his influence at the BPDA to secure a vote from a ZBA member,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office wrote in a statement.

The terms of Lynch’s plea agreement call for federal prosecutors to recommend a sentence of 46 to 57 months’ imprisonment.